Ulan

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Name: Ulan McKnight
Date registered: February 8, 2015

Latest posts

  1. Burning Man 2018 – Step 1 Complete – New Unaverz Theme Psychedelic Rainforest! — December 9, 2017
  2. Bay Area Furries at Pride 2017 — June 27, 2017
  3. Eastlake Music Festival — May 27, 2017
  4. Stormy weather — January 12, 2017
  5. Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017 — December 31, 2016

Most commented posts

  1. Let’s connect — 5 comments
  2. Squeals (not the good kind) — 3 comments
  3. Drawings – 04/24/13 — 3 comments
  4. The Four Musketeers put up a second floor — 3 comments
  5. Installing gussets, graduation and setting Sean on fire — 2 comments

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Jun 21 2013

Tools and tricks of the trade

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June 21, 2013

Our education continues. Were we welding last night without gas? Maybe. Should we be using flux core to get into these hard places? Most def.

Buck came over early and inspected our welds. Looks like we are doing a good job.

Full speed ahead for Jeff and I. Picked up a new helmet …

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Jun 20 2013

Joy ride and steel plates

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June 20, 2013

Grabbed Jules for an impromptu joy ride to Point Rayes. Returned determined to get all four steel plates welded into place. Sean returned after a day in SF to take a turn at welding.

Jeff showed up to lend a hand. Then Jules and Sarah arrived to offer good cheer. Sheri was called up to …

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Jun 19 2013

Dr. Reels, cleaning and practice, practice, practice

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June 19, 2013

The day started off with a good talk with Jules about art and organizing our camp. The last big shipment of steel was delivered and Buck was kind enough to cut up some practice pieces out of extra 1/2″ steel plate. Jeff went off to work with a promise of grabbing our order of pine …

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Jun 18 2013

Interesting welding articles

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June 18, 2013

I found this article interesting from a welding perspective.

Here is another one about the Bay Bridge welds. Sheesh!

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Jun 18 2013

Jeff’s truck got an ouwie

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June 18, 2013

Jeff texted two pix and then went offline. More news to follow.

Ouch!

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Jun 18 2013

Sam Gipe and LEDs

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June 18, 2013

Sam Gipe writes:

Here’s what I remember about LEDs:

Instructables and Candlepowerforums were good sources for ideas. This guide is awesome and is everything you need (basically, you’re building a really bright flashlight, though you might forego batteries):

Beginner’s Guide to explain simple LED flashlight

Lumens (brightness)

If I recall correctly, car headlights are …

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Jun 17 2013

Today we fix things and make them right

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June 17, 2013

Today we are going to fix the extension cable, the gas (no more flux core!) and bring UNAVERZ inside so we can build her without wind.

I picked up the extension cable at Harbor Freight. I then brought the Cornwell MG 165 over to Speedox (I love those guys!) where Derrick fixed the gauge,secured …

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Jun 16 2013

Cutting up steel so we can practice our welds

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June 16, 2013

After much discussion, we realize we need to practice out welds. The next shipment of steel comes Wednesday, that leaves us a few days to home our skills. Lets get to work!

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Jun 16 2013

Dave brings the pain

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June 16, 2013

Just got off the phone with my friend Dave. He has been a professional welder for years. He voiced some serious concerns with what we are building.

He has advised me to get our welds tested. Everyone who will be welding anything structural will need to create a test weld using the exact stock …

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Jun 16 2013

Welding videos

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June 16, 2013

Please watch at least two of the welding videos below. The first two are best but all of them are helpful. They explain safety and technique far better than we can at the shop.

Basic MIG Welding This basic MIG welding class is very good.

Advanced MIG Welding Make sure to check out his …

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